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Sheraton opens new hotel in Langfang City, China


Starwood Hotels has announced the open- ing of the Sheraton Langfang Chaobai River Hotel in northern China’s Hebei province. Te 302-bedroom hotel is the second


Starwood hotel to open in the region and houses the first Elegant Spa club in Langfang City with a variety of wellness programmes. The Shine Spa’s signature treatments are influenced by Chinese meth- ods and are designed to relax and soothe. Te opening marks Starwood’s continued


expansion in secondary and tertiary cities across China, with more than 120 hotels in operation and a further 100 in the pipeline. Te hotel also offers a Sheraton Club,


Sheraton Fitness by Core Performance and an indoor heated pool as well as two restaurants and 3,000sq m (32,291sq ſt) of meeting space.


DAILY NEWS, JOBS, TRAINING & TENDERS www.spaopportunities.com Hotel planned for Margaritaville


Margar i tavi lle Casino & Restaurant in Biloxi, Mi s si s sippi, US ha s announced plans for a new hotel resort including time- share properties, a spa and 250 bedrooms. Ground will be broken


during Q1 of 2014 with an estimated completion date of Q1 2015. The 250-bedroom hotel


will cost around US$60m (£36.3m, €43.9m) to build and will feature an expanded and renovated casino floor, which will see the addition of a spa, pool and meeting space. Margaritaville Biloxi will also make improve-


Te 250-bedroom hotel will cost around US$60m to build “Margaritaville Biloxi will be making a


ments to its marina to provide more secure overnight docking accommodation, as well as develop a bay-front resort pool and pool bar with outdoor gambling. Cuningham Group has been selected asthe


designer and architect for the new project while New Orleans-based Te McDonnel Group has been chosen as general contractor.


considerable investment in creating a resort destination the likes of which Biloxi has never seen,” said Doug Shipley, president & CEO of Margaritaville. “Te addition of time-shares to our hotel will attract a whole new type of customer; one that’s not currently visiting the Biloxi area. It truly is an exciting opportunity for our city.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=K7k3e


Spa Handbook identifies upcoming market trends Rival bids have been made for a Massachusetts casino


Bids made for billion dollar casino and resort plan in US


Two competing proposals have been sub- mitted for a new billion dollar casino and resort in Massachusetts, US. Mohegan Sun has submitted plans for a


US$1.3bn (£790m, €950m) resort/casino on the grounds of the Suffolk Downs racetrack in Revere, which would see 170,000sq ſt (15,793sq m) of casino floor space, a casino hotel and boutique hotel with a combined 500 bedrooms and a 10,000sq ſt (929sq m) spa all built to LEED Gold building stan- dards for environmentally friendly design. A rival bid from Las Vegas casino titan


Steve Wynn in nearby Everett, would include a 350-500 room luxury hotel, res- taurants and a terrace overlooking the Mystic River on the former Monsanto industrial site, and a 150,000 sq ſt (1,393sq m) casino with thousands of slots and up to 150 table games. Te Massachusetts Gaming Commission


will only issue one licence to operate a resort casino in the Greater Boston area and expects to do so in May. Details: http://lei.sr?a=Z3X3p


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Trends and opportunities in emerging wellness markets have been identified by global foresight firm The Futures Company for the year ahead. Te firm says that holistic


approaches to wellbeing have become mainstream and that there is a growing openness to eastern approaches to health in western markets. Spas will maintain their momentum among international visitors who are resilient to current economic troubles although spa operators should not overlook the rising potential in catering for domestic and regional visitors as emerging economies expand. Vera Kiss from The Futures Company


An holistic approach to wellness has entered the mainstream


from 63 per cent to 55 per cent in Brazil and 72 per cent to 64 per cent in China. Kiss also highlights the importance of tai-


also identified the drivers behind consumer demand, noting that alongside growing incomes, local spa tourism will be driven by rising health awareness as lifestyle diseases such as obesity and diabetes are set to increase in emerging markets. Also as a result of growing stress, levels of emotional wellbeing have been dropping in key markets, with reported levels of satisfaction between 2009 and 2012 dropping


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lored offerings to the sector. Public bathing culture, for example, has been traditionally associated with European spas and is likely to clash with notions around modesty held by consumers in some Asian markets. Te full trends report canbe read in the cur-


rent edition of the Spa Handbook available in print here: http://lei.sr?a=A907e and online here: http://lei.sr?a=P3l4j


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